Western Digital External Hard Drive Recovery

• First, check if you have any third-party recovery software on your system.
• If not, install the recovery software and then begin the data recovery process.
• After installing the recovery software, connect your Western Digital External Hard Drive to the system.
• You can use a USB cable to link the WD External Hard Drive to your system.
• Launch the recovery software installed on your system.
• Perform the on-screen instructions to finish the data recovery process.
• For any assistance in recovering data from WD External Hard Drive, click the Call button available on this screen.

Western Digital External Hard Drive File Recovery

If you have deleted data from your WD External Hard Drive accidentally, you can perform a recovery operation using third-party software to retrieve it.

• Connect your WD hard drive to the system installed with the recovery software.
• Launch the recovery software on your system.
• Select your WD External Hard Drive in the Drive’s section.
• Click the Scan button available at the bottom right corner of the screen.
• Once the recovery software completes the scanning process, a list of scanned files will be displayed on the screen.
• Choose and preview the files you wish to restore.
• Click the Recovery button. Select your WD External Hard Drive when prompted to choose a destination.
• After selecting your WD external hard drive in the Save To dialog box, click the OK button.
• Once the selected files are recovered successfully to your WD external hard drive, exit the recovery application and unplug the drive from the system.

Western Digital External Hard Drive Password Recovery

You can’t retrieve data from the Western Digital External Hard Drive if you have forgotten its password. There is no password reset option available. The only way is to remove the password by reformatting the drive. Read, and proceed with the guided instructions given below to reformat the WD Drive.

• If you enter a wrong password, the Invalid password message will appear on the screen.
• If you enter the wrong password more than five times, the There were too many password recovery attempts message will appear on the screen.
• Now, you have got no other option other than erasing the drive.
• You can find the Erase Drive button on the WD Drive Unlock screen, click it.
• Now you will be asked to mark the checkbox beside the I Understand option, click it.
• Click the Erase button again.
• Now the Erasing Drive message will appear on the screen.
• Once all the data is erased from your WD external hard drive, the Your drive has been erased. If you want to protect your data, use WD Security to create a new password, and secure your drive message will appear on the screen.
• Click the Exit button.